Independents

Notes: Pablo Sandoval's Weight Loss, Freddy Sanchez

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<strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchfr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Freddy Sanchez</a></strong> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/27/SPKK1HE4U9.DTL&amp;feed=rss.giants">should be ready by opening day</a>, writes John Shea of the San Francsico Chronicle.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Bay City Ball took a <a href="http://www.baycityball.com/2011/01/27/graphs-war-bubbles-for-1st-round-pitchers/">look at the WAR produced by first-round Giants pitchers</a>, and I must say, the 2000s have been quite a decade for Giants' home-grown pitching.</li>
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<strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sandopa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Pablo Sandoval</a></strong> continues to lose weight, as evidenced by <a href="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1228581883/pablo-pool2.jpg">his new Twitter picture</a>.&nbsp;</li>
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<a href="http://24daysofmagic.com/2011-articles/january/a-conversation-with-grant-of-mccovey-chronicles.html">24 Days of Magic did a Q&amp;A</a> with Grant of McCovey Chronicles, which I highly recommend.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Apparently, CelebStoner.com named <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/linceti01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Tim Lincecum</a></strong> the<a href="http://www.celebstoner.com/201011065166/celebstoners/top-celebstoners/tim-lincecum.html"> #1 celebrity stoner</a>. (h/t <a href="http://fangraphs.com/not">Notgraphs</a>)</li>
<li>I linked to these in my <a href="http://www.splashingpumpkins.com/2011/01/reaction-to-jeff-passan.html">reaction to Jeff Passan</a>, but I'd like to re-post them, for more to see: the reactions of <a href="http://www.paapfly.com/2011/01/is-giants-offseason-uninspired-for.html">Paapfly</a> and <a href="http://www.crazycrabbers.com/2011/01/jeff-passan-underestimates-giants.html">Crazy Crabbers</a>, both of which are interesting and unique perspectives.&nbsp;</li>
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